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Phallichthys, the Glossary

Index Phallichthys

Phallichthys is a genus of poeciliids native to Central America.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 36 relations: Aquarium, Aquarium heater, Aquascaping, Aquatic plant, Atlantic Ocean, Carl Leavitt Hubbs, Central America, Charles Tate Regan, Community aquarium, Courtship display, Donn Eric Rosen, Filial cannibalism, Fish fin, Fish reproduction, Fishkeeping, Genus, Greek language, Hard water, Livebearers, Neoheterandria, Newton Edward Miller, Oviparity, Ovoviviparity, Parental care, Periphyton, Phallichthys amates, Phallichthys tico, Phallus, Poeciliidae, Poeciliopsis, Precociality and altriciality, Reeve Maclaren Bailey, Sister group, Spermatophore, Superfetation, William Bussing.

  2. Freshwater fish of Central America

Aquarium

An aquarium (aquariums or aquaria) is a vivarium of any size having at least one transparent side in which aquatic plants or animals are kept and displayed.

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Aquarium heater

An aquarium heater is a device used in the fishkeeping hobby to warm the temperature of water in aquariums.

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Aquascaping

Aquascaping is the craft of arranging aquatic plants, as well as rocks, stones, cavework, or driftwood, in an aesthetically pleasing manner within an aquarium—in effect, gardening under water.

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Aquatic plant

Aquatic plants are plants that have adapted to living in aquatic environments (saltwater or freshwater).

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about.

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Carl Leavitt Hubbs

Carl Leavitt Hubbs (October 19, 1894 – June 30, 1979) was an American ichthyologist.

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Central America

Central America is a subregion of North America.

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Charles Tate Regan

Charles Tate Regan FRS (1 February 1878 – 12 January 1943) was a British ichthyologist, working mainly around the beginning of the 20th century.

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Community aquaria are tanks that are designed to contain more than one species of fish.

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Courtship display

A courtship display is a set of display behaviors in which an animal, usually a male, attempts to attract a mate; the mate exercises choice, so sexual selection acts on the display.

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Donn Eric Rosen

Donn Eric Rosen (1929-1986) was a member of the staff of the American Museum of Natural History.

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Filial cannibalism

Filial cannibalism occurs when an adult individual of a species consumes all or part of the young of its own species or immediate offspring.

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Fish fin

Fins are moving appendages protruding from the body of fish that interact with water to generate thrust and help the fish swim.

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Fish reproduction

Fish reproductive organs include testes and ovaries.

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Fishkeeping

Fishkeeping is a popular hobby, practiced by aquarists, concerned with keeping fish in a home aquarium or garden pond.

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Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

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Greek language

Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Hard water

Hard water is water that has a high mineral content (in contrast with "soft water").

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Livebearers

Livebearers are fish that retain their eggs inside the body and give birth to live, free-swimming young.

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Neoheterandria

Neoheterandria is a genus of poeciliids native to Panama and Colombia. Phallichthys and Neoheterandria are freshwater fish genera, freshwater fish of Central America and ray-finned fish genera.

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Newton Edward Miller

Newton Edward Miller (March 1, 1919 – December 13, 2012) was an American Republican Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly, where he represented the 34th Legislative District.

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Oviparity

Oviparous animals are animals that reproduce by depositing fertilized zygotes outside the body (known as laying or spawning) in metabolically independent incubation organs known as eggs, which nurture the embryo into moving offsprings known as hatchlings with little or no embryonic development within the mother.

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Ovoviviparity

Ovoviviparity, ovovivipary, ovivipary, or aplacental viviparity is a term used as a "bridging" form of reproduction between egg-laying oviparous and live-bearing viviparous reproduction.

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Parental care

Parental care is a behavioural and evolutionary strategy adopted by some animals, involving a parental investment being made to the evolutionary fitness of offspring.

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Periphyton

Periphyton is a complex mixture of algae, cyanobacteria, heterotrophic microbes, and detritus that is attached to submerged surfaces in most aquatic ecosystems.

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Phallichthys amates

Phallichthys amates, the merry widow or merry widow livebearer, is a livebearer fish from Central America, the largest and most widespread in its genus. Phallichthys and Phallichthys amates are freshwater fish of Central America.

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Phallichthys tico

Phallichthys tico, the dwarf merry widow, is a livebearer fish from Central America. Phallichthys and Phallichthys tico are freshwater fish of Central America.

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Phallus

A phallus (phalli or phalluses) is a penis (especially when erect), an object that resembles a penis, or a mimetic image of an erect penis.

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Poeciliidae

Poeciliidae are a family of freshwater fishes of the order Cyprinodontiformes, the tooth-carps, and include well-known live-bearing aquarium fish, such as the guppy, molly, platy, and swordtail. Phallichthys and Poeciliidae are freshwater fish of Central America.

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Poeciliopsis

Poeciliopsis is a genus of poeciliid fishes that primarily are native to Mexico and Central America. Phallichthys and Poeciliopsis are freshwater fish genera and ray-finned fish genera.

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Precociality and altriciality

Precocial species in birds and mammals are those in which the young are relatively mature and mobile from the moment of birth or hatching.

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Reeve Maclaren Bailey

Reeve Maclaren Bailey (born May 2, 1911, Fairmont, West Virginia – died July 2, 2011, Ann Arbor, Michigan) was an American ichthyologist.

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Sister group

In phylogenetics, a sister group or sister taxon, also called an adelphotaxon, comprises the closest relative(s) of another given unit in an evolutionary tree.

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Spermatophore

A spermatophore or sperm ampulla is a capsule or mass containing spermatozoa created by males of various animal species, especially salamanders and arthropods, and transferred in entirety to the female's ovipore during reproduction.

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Superfetation

Superfetation (also spelled superfoetation – see fetus) is the simultaneous occurrence of more than one stage of developing offspring in the same animal.

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William Bussing

William Albert Bussing (September 27, 1933 - November 17, 2014), known as Don William, was an American ichthyologist who spent most of his career on the faculty of the Universidad de Costa Rica, working there from 1966 to 1991.

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See also

Freshwater fish of Central America

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phallichthys